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List of players who have gone from non league to Premier League (2024/25)

A list of players who have gone from non league to Premier League (2024/25) has been published onto the Premier League website.

In celebration of Non League Day, they have posted a number of articles and video interviews, highlighting how the Premier League supports clubs throughout the English football pyramid and others from several footballers reflecting on the remarkable journey they made from non league football to the top tier of English football.

These players gained valuable experience in the grassroots game before reaching the Premier League.

They have also made a team of players who climbed the English football ladder and reached the Premier League. So much to take a look at below…

premierleague.com said: “We highlight stars who gained valuable experience outside the top four leagues in the grassroots game

“Ahead of Non-League Day on Saturday 22 March, we are highlighting the Premier League players at the top level who experienced first-hand playing beneath the top four divisions of the English football pyramid.”

Full list of non-league to Premier League players

David Raya (Arsenal): Southport
Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa): Yate Town, Chippenham Town
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa): Exeter City, Weston-super-Mare
Solly March (Brighton): Eastbourne Borough, Lewes
Adam Webster (Brighton): Aldershot Town
David Brooks (Bournemouth): Halifax Town
Mark Travers (Bournemouth): Weymouth
Ethan Pinnock (Brentford): Dulwich Hamlet, Forest Green Rovers
Marcus Bettinelli (Chelsea): Dartford
Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace): Cray Wanderers
Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace): AFC Wembley
Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace) Stockport County
James Tarkowski (Everton): Maine Road
Jordan Pickford (Everton): Alfreton Town, Darlington
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton): Stalybridge Celtic
Martial Godo (Fulham): Margate
Alex Palmer (Ipswich): Kidderminster Harriers
Cameron Burgess (Ipswich): Cheltenham Town
Kalvin Phillips (Ipswich): Wortley
Leif Davis (Ipswich): Wallsend Boys club
Wes Burns (Ipswich): Forest Green Rovers
Sam Szmodics (Ipswich): Braintree Town
Dara O’Shea (Ipswich): Hereford United
Jack Taylor (Ipswich): Hampton and Richmond Borough FC
Luke Woolfenden (Ipswich): Bromley FC
Jamie Vardy (Leicester): Fleetwood Town, Stocksbridge Park Steels, Halifax Town
Danny Ward (Leicester): Tamworth
Harry Maguire (Man Utd): Chesterfield
Nick Pope (Newcastle): Aldershot Town, Harrow Borough, Cambridge United, York City, Bury
Dan Burn (Newcastle): Darlington, Blyth Spartans, Blyth Town
Callum Wilson (Newcastle): Kettering Town, Tamworth
Wayne Hennessey (Nottingham Forest): Stockport County
Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest): Barrow
Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton): Worksop
Alex McCarthy (Southampton): Woking, Cambridge United, Team Bath
Joe Aribo (Southampton): Staines Town
Danny Ings (West Ham): Dorchester Town
Jarrod Bowen (West Ham): Hereford United
Wes Foderingham (West Ham): Bromley FC, Histon, Boreham Wood
Michail Antonio (West Ham): Tooting & Mitcham
Max Kilman (West Ham): Welling, Maidenhead, Marlow
Sam Johnstone (Wolves): Euxton Villa
Craig Dawson (Wolves): Radcliffe Borough

SEE MORE: Nearest match for you to attend on Non League Day!

Goalkeepers

Nick Pope (Newcastle)

He joined Charlton Athletic and was sent out on loan to a number of non league sides including Harrow Borough, Welling United, Cambridge United, Aldershot Town, York City and finally Bury where he helped win promotion to League One.

David Raya (Arsenal)

Having joining Blackburn Rovers in 2012, he went on to experience his first taste of senior football during a four-month loan spell at Conference National club Southport, making 24 appearances.

Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace)

A Manchester United academy graduate, the goalkeeper spent a spell on loan at Stockport County in 2016.

Alex Palmer (Ipswich)

While at West Brom, he went out on loan for his hometown club Kidderminster Harriers.

Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton)

In 2015, the goalkeeper briefly joined Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division club Worksop Town on loan, playing one match while their regular goalkeeper was suspended.

Defenders

Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace)

The Palace player had a stint with Cray Wanderers in south London at the age of six before being scouted by Chelsea, joining their Under-8 set-up.

James Tarkowski (Everton)

He played his first senior football for Manchester outfit Maine Road in the North West Counties League, before accepting a scholarship offer from Oldham Athletic at the age of 19.

Max Kilman (West Ham)

Kilman’s early career included spells at Welling United, Maidenhead United and Marlow. See more on how Maidenhead benefitted from his move to West Ham from Wolves HERE.

Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa)

Non league and the Mings family go hand in hand, his Tyrone’s Dad, Adie, is a former Forest Green player. After eight years in Southampton’s academy, Tyrone signed with non league Yate Town and, later, Chippenham Town.

Ethan Pinnock (Brentford)

He graduated from university with a 2:1 degree while a player for Dulwich Hamlet, then climbed up the non-league pyramid signing for National League side Forest Green Rovers, helped them gain promotion to the EFL during his only season at the club before moving to Barnsley and then joining Brentford.

Dan Burn (Newcastle)

Burn, well where do we start, what a story, from pushing trolleys at Asda to being called up to the England team and then scoring for Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final as his boyhood team lifted their first domestic trophy in over 70 years. But the defender’s early career was spent across various non-league clubs in the north-east of England including Blyth Town, Blyth Spartans and Darlington.

Midfielders

Solly March (Brighton)

Before signing for Brighton in December 2011, March featured as a youth-team player at Eastbourne Borough, then he joined his local club Lewes, with Brighton snapping him up three months into his spell there .

Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest)

A graduate of Nottingham Forest’s academy, Yates gained invaluable experience during a spell on loan at Barrow for the 2016/17 season.

Jack Taylor (Ipswich)

Taylor played much of his youth career at Chelsea before joining National League’s Barnet in 2012, then during that spell he was loaned out Hampton & Richmond Borough.

Sam Szmodics (Ipswich)

After Colchester United’s Young Player of the Year in 2014/15, he then played part of the 2015/16 season on loan at Braintree Town to gain more first-team experience.

Forwards

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton)

He came through Sheffield United’s academy, and impressed while on loan at Stalybridge Celtic, scoring twice on his debut against Hyde United.

Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)

Watkins, a fan favourite, emerged from Exeter City’s academy at Under-11 level before being loaned to Conference South club Weston-super-Mare, netting 10 goals in 25 appearances.

Jamie Vardy (Leicester)

Vardy was 27 when he made his Premier League debut, with nine years experience at non league level, for the likes of at Stocksbridge Park Steels, Halifax Town and Fleetwood Town. Vardy joined Leicester from Fleetwood in 2012, becoming the first £1million signing for a non league player, and helped the Foxes win the Premier League title in 2015/16.

Callum Wilson (Newcastle)

He was an academy player at Coventry, then was loaned to Conference Premier clubs Kettering Town and Tamworth. After his exit from the Sky Blues for AFC Bournemouth in 2014, and linked up with Newcastle United six years later.

Jarrod Bowen (West Ham)

Bowen made his senior debut in March 2014 as a 17-year-old for a Hereford United side who were in a relegation battle. He caught the attention of Hull City, who signed him in the summer of that year. Bowen moved to the Hammers in January 2020.

Michail Antonio (West Ham)

The Hammers’ leading Premier League goal scorer began his career at Tooting & Mitcham United.

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